Occasions and trivia calendar

Our popular calendar lists over 300 entries designed to inspire a party, or simply create an excuse for one.

From classic holidays we all celebrate like Thanksgiving, events like the Super Bowl, to obscure celebrations like "Limerick Day" and the always popular "Eggs Benedict Day.

We have suggestions on how to celebrate some of these dates. Try a Mint Julep to celebrate "Mint Julep Day", or a Dean Martini cocktail to celebrate Dean Martin's birthday.  (How you celebrate "National Poultry Day" or "National Pass Gas Day" is your business.)

Click on the month of your choice and find out what holidays or excuses to party you have been missing, or find out who invented Root Beer, or what day the final episode of "Cheers" aired.  Have Fun!

June

1
• CNN (Cable News Network) debuts (1980)
• Beatles release Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

2
• 1978 - Bruce Springsteen's album, Darkness On The Edge of Town is released
• Marconi patents the radio in 1896

3
• Ed White takes the first U.S. spacewalk in 1965
• Last episode of original Star Trek aired (1969)
• Egg Day

4
• Cheese Day
• Aesop's Birthday

5
• World Environment Day
• National Gingerbread Day

6
• 141st Belmont Stakes
• French Open, Women's Tennis Final
• 1st Drive In Theatre opens in Camden, New Jersey (1933)

7
• French Open, Men's Tennis Final
• Graceland opens to the public (1982)
• Daniel Boone Day

8
• NFL and AFL (football) merge in 1966)
• Best Friend's Day

9
• Secretariat wins triple crown (1973)
• Donald Duck debuts (1934)

10
• Iced Tea Day
• Actress and singer Judy Garland born in 1922
• Ball Point Pen Day

11
• Steven Spielberg’s E.T. opens in theatres (1982)
• King Kamehameha Day (Hawaii)
• Nursing Assistants Days

12
• On this day in 1965, The Rolling Stones release Satisfaction
• The baseball was invented in 1839
• Magic Day

13
• In 1995, Alanis Morissette released the album Jagged Little Pill

14
• Flag Day (U.S.)
• World Sea Turtle Day
• World Blood Donor Day

15
• Fly a Kite Day
• Power of a Smile Day
• Nature Photography Day

16
• 1980 - The movie The Blues Brothers opened in Chicago
• Fudge Day

17
• Dean Martin is born (1917) - celebrate with a Dean Martini
• Disneyland Opens (1955)
• Eat Your Vegetables Day

18
• International Picnic Day
• U.S. Open Golf (June 18-21)
• Paul McCartney born (1942)

19
• National Martini Day
• Lasagna-loving Garfield debuts is 1978
• Juneteenth

20
• Ice Cream Soda Day
• World Juggling Day

21
• Father's Day
• Summer Solstice - First Day of Summer

22
• Wimbledon begins (June 22 - July 5)
• Stupid Guy Thing Day (I think we can all have fun with this one!)
• Donuts created on this day in 1847

23
• Midsummer's Eve
• Soap Opera Day
• Let It Go Day

24
• Fete Nationale du Quebec (St-Jean-Baptiste Day)
• Discovery Day in Newfoundland and Labrador
• UFO Day

25
• In 1969, The Hollies recorded He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, with Elton John playing piano.
• Hand Shake Day
• American film director Sidney Lumet is born in 1924

26
• Toronto's CN Tower opens in 1976
• In 1927, the Cyclone roller coaster opened on Coney Island

27
• 1995 - Actor Hugh Grant was arrested in Los Angeles for engaging in lewd behavior with a prostitute.
• Happy Birthday to You Day

28
• 1975 - David Bowie's Fame was released on this day
• Paul Bunyan Day
• Mike Tyson disqualified from bout for biting Evander Holyfield's ear (guess he should have had a snack beforehand)

29
• iPhone is released in 2007
• Camera Day

30
• French acrobat Blondin crosses over the Niagara Falls on a tightrope (1859)
• Superman makes first appearance in Action Comics #1 (1938)
• In 1953, the first Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan